Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Bowling Green’s biggest win2004: Bowling Green 52, Western Michigan 0by 52 points
2. Western Michigan’s biggest win2019: Western Michigan 49, Bowling Green 10by 39 points
3. Upset2005: Western Michigan 45, Bowling Green 14Western Michigan had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2014: Western Michigan 26, Bowling Green 14Western Michigan had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1980: Bowling Green 17, Western Michigan 14Bowling Green had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bowling Green’s side (Gibson 1–⁠2 against Doolittle). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Bowling Green vs. Toledo64 meetings, Bowling Green 30–⁠33–⁠1
• Bowling Green vs. Kent State63 meetings, Bowling Green 47–⁠16
• Bowling Green vs. Ohio62 meetings, Bowling Green 33–⁠28–⁠1
• Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH)60 meetings, Bowling Green 22–⁠34–⁠4
• Western Michigan vs. Toledo63 meetings, Western Michigan 24–⁠39
• Western Michigan vs. Central Michigan61 meetings, Western Michigan 28–⁠32–⁠1
• Western Michigan vs. Ball State52 meetings, Western Michigan 30–⁠22
• Western Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan51 meetings, Western Michigan 33–⁠17–⁠1